Connecting Communities Through Rail
Wyvern Community Rail Partnership brings people, places and the railway closer together across Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Together with local communities and trusted partners, we create projects that make rail more inclusive, support sustainable travel and leave a lasting, positive impact. Whether you’re a regular traveller, a community group or simply curious, we’d love you to get involved. (sits under connecting communities through rail)
We believe rail is more than transport. It’s a gateway to opportunity, wellbeing and stronger communities.
Our Purpose
Community & Collaboration
We bring communities together to shape projects that create positive change
We bring communities, volunteers, schools and local partners together to shape projects that make a real difference to their stations and the places around them. We support station adopters, 12 of our 22 stations have been adopted to date, to create gardens, artwork, bug hotels and community events. We work with partners across the rail industry, local authorities and community groups to turn stations into community hubs. Putting people and place-making at the centre of what we do.
Connectivity
We bring people, places and the railway closer together
We connect people and places across Worcestershire and Herefordshire with their railway and with what’s on the doorstep of their station. We create walking maps and rail trails, such as our Rail Trails in the Malvern Hills, and projects like the Rail to Ale Trail, which linked 12 Worcester pubs and breweries and brought new visitors and footfall to local businesses. We work with train operators and partners to improve the links between stations, communities and local economies.
Impact & Sustainability
We create lasting change by supporting sustainable communities and travel
We create lasting change by supporting communities to be more eco-friendly, encouraging the adoption of sustainable transport, and educating stakeholders and beneficiaries. We deliver rail education workshops (PLATFORM LINK) and rail trips that help teach the next generation about sustainability in practice. Teachers tell us pupils leave caring for the environment, and with a better understanding or transport safety.
Inclusivity
We help more people feel included and benefit from the opportunities rail offers
We help people to overcome the barriers to and associated with Rail travel. We help people to feel included in civic life, engage communities in meaningful ways, and act as a feedback tool for communities to engage with their local train operators and the Department for Transport. We give young people a voice in shaping their railway and help them seize the opportunities it can bring.
Adopt your local station
Give your station some love
Every station tells the story of the community it serves. Adopt yours and make it a place people are proud of: a garden in bloom, artwork by local schoolchildren, a bug hotel, an event that brings the neighbourhood together. Volunteers, schools and community groups all make brilliant adopters.
You won’t be doing it alone. We’ll support you and work with the rail industry and the county council to help make your ideas happen.
12 of our 22 stations already have adopters.
Could yours be next?
Get involved with your local railway through the new Worcestershire Community Rail Partnership (CRP).
Latest News
See what we’ve been up to with communities across Worcestershire and Herefordshire.
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Railway 200 Eco Art Competition
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Discover Our Stations
Wyvern Community Rail Partnership supports local communities to work with the three Train Operating Companies to improve the 21 stations across the two Counties.